Men's Basketball Tops Jacksonville, Advances To CIT quarters

by **PonyPride** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 10:27 pm

From SMUMustangs.com:

Men's Basketball Advances to CIT Quarterfinals with Win Over Jacksonville, 63-62

March 19, 2011

DALLAS (SMU) --- Papa Dia had 24 points, including two free throws with 0.1 seconds on the clock, to give SMU a 63-62 win in the second round of the CollegeInsider.com Tournament (CIT) at Moody Coliseum on Saturday. There were four lead changes in the final 47 seconds culminating in the Dia free throws. The Mustangs advance to play at Northern Iowa in the CIT quarterfinal round on Monday.

Jacksonville (20-12) took its first lead of the game, 59-58, on a Delwan Graham layup with 47 seconds left. Jeremiah Samarrippas answered for the Mustangs (19-14) with a driving reverse layup and a free throw with 14.3 seconds remaining for a 61-59 edge. Travis Cohn put Jacksonville back up 62-61 on a step-back 3-pointer with four seconds on the clock. SMU called timeout at mid-court with 0.8 seconds left. After the timeout, Collin Mangrum found Dia near the basket. Dia was fouled by Graham on the shot to set up the free throws.

Dia hit 10-of-13 field goals as he led the Mustangs with 24 points, eight rebounds and three blocked shots. Samarippas had a career-high 16 points and hit 3-of-3 from 3-point range. Mike Walker had nine points and a career-high six assists. Walker, a native of Iowa City, will get to play close to home on Monday.

Cohn led Jacksonville with 22 points, all in the second half. Keith McDougald had 12 points and Graham finished with 11.

SMU shot 63.2 percent from the field and held Jacksonville to 35.1 percent. The Mustangs started 13-for-15 from the field and built a 31-10 lead. The Mustangs led 36-22 at halftime.
March 19, 2011

TEAM NOTES:

19 wins on the season, most since 1999-00 (21-9)

Tied SMU record of 15 home wins in a season (set in 1984-85)

SMU's 21st home game of the season, extending a new school record

SMU hit 6 3FG, extending a new school record for team 3FG made (261) in a season

- (Record was 215 in 2006-07)

SMU started game with 15-4 run through first 12:50 on 6-of-8 shooting

SMU made 13-of-15 field goals through 6:17 of first half; Mustangs led 31-10

INDIVIDUAL NOTES

Papa Dia

- Scored 24 pts

o Is 12th all-time at SMU in career points (1416)

o Is 5th for points in a season at SMU (618)

o Reached double-digits for the 31st time in 33 games this season

o Had 20+ points for 16th time this season

o Is 12th in career FG made (541)

o Is 6th for FG made in a season at SMU (235)

- Grabbed 8 rebounds

o Is 5th all-time at SMU in career rebounds (885)

o Is 7th at SMU for rebounds in a season (309)

o Had 27th game with 8+ rebounds

o Has grabbed 8+ rebounds in 22 of the past 24 games

- Had 3 blocked shots

o Has 76 blocks this season, 4th at SMU for a single season

o Is 5th at SMU in career blocks (141)

- Is now t-3rd at SMU in career games played (122)

- Perfect 7-for-7 shooting with 15 points in the first half

- Made two free throws with 0.1 seconds remaining to lift Mustangs to victory

Collin Mangrum

- Scored 3 points

- Grabbed 2 rebounds

- Added 2 assists and 1 steal

Robert Nyakundi

- Grabbed 3 rebounds

Jeremiah Samarrippas

- Scored a career-high 16 points

- Had 3 assists

o Has 117 assists for the season,3rd most for a freshman at SMU

- Added 1 steal

o Has 45 steals this season, 4th most by a freshman

Mike Walker

- Had a career-high 6 assists

- Added 9 points, 3 rebounds

- Was 2-2 on 3FG

o Is 8th all-time at SMU in 3FG made (128)

- Is now t-7th + at SMU in career games played (118)

by **PonyPride** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 10:33 pm

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by **Hal** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 11:43 pm

Thanks for posting these, PP

by **Junior** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 12:58 am

Great videos!

by **Monkeystang** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 9:31 am

Thanks for digging up the stats. Good info and go ponies.